Elektrek: "Tesla FSD Beta tried to kill me last night" (electrek.co)
Internet Archive's digital library has been found in breach of copyright. The decision has some important implications (theconversation.com)
The legal ruling against the Internet Archive has come down in favour of the rights of authors.
An EXTREMELY Simple Guide to Mastodon (for when someone says it's too complicated to catch on) (www.staygrounded.online)
PS- The "real" (non-joke) full guide for the Masto-curious is here.
Texas Violates International Law by Shooting a Mexican: AMLO (www.telesurenglish.net)
This incident marks another friction point between Mexico and Texas due to Governor Abbott’s anti-immigrant policies....
16-year-old girl stabbed to death by another teen during McDonald's sauce dispute (www.cbsnews.com)
A 16-year-old girl allegedly stabbed another teenage girl to death in Washington, D.C., early Sunday, police said. The stabbing happened during an argument over McDonald’s sauces, CBS affiliate WUSA-TV reported....
Caste matters : California Assembly passes anti-caste Bill, soon to make it official state law (www.thenewsminute.com)
In another significant moment for the movement against caste discrimination in the United States, a Bill to make caste discrimination illegal was passed by the California State Assembly on Monday, August 28, with 50 votes in its favour and only three against it. It was earlier passed by the state's Senate in May this year. With...
Outrage in India over video of teacher telling kids to slap Muslim student (www.aljazeera.com)
A school teacher in India has subjected a seven-year-old Muslim student to degrading treatment inside a classroom, asking his classmates to slap him and asking for him to be evicted due to his religion, a video now viral on social media has revealed....
and I almost cried when I stubbed my toe earlier (sh.itjust.works)
The top 6 best TV shows based on games (www.destructoid.com)
We're past the days when every video game to film adaptation proved a massive dud. Some TV Shows based on games are genuinely great.
Scientists invent micrometers-thin battery charged by saline solution that could power smart contact lenses (techxplore.com)
Scientists invent micrometers-thin battery charged by saline solution that could power smart contact lenses::Scientists from NTU Singapore have developed a flexible battery as thin as a human cornea, which stores electricity when it is immersed in saline solution, and which could one day power smart contact lenses.
Wagner boss Yevgeny Prigozhin presumed dead after Russia plane crash (www.bbc.com)
Microsoft announces Python formulas in Excel... which have to get sent to the cloud (techcommunity.microsoft.com)
Since its inception, Microsoft Excel has changed how people organize, analyze, and visualize their data, providing a basis for decision-making for the flying billionaires heads up in the clouds who don't give a fuck for life offtheline
India : Christians Attacked and Bible Torn in Church Attack in Delhi During Sunday Service (thewire.in)
A 100-strong mob surrounded the police station in Delhi’s GTB Nagar for several hours and raised provocative slogans as the pastor and injured persons reached to file their complaint.
Elon Musk says users on X, formerly Twitter, will lose ability to block unwanted followers, eliminating key safety feature (www.cnbc.com)
The US mall is not dying (www.cnn.com)
Retail experts have long sounded the alarm on malls in the US....
Australia’s internet providers are ditching email, to the disgust of older customers (www.theguardian.com)
Average long-term US mortgage rate climbs to 7.09% this week to highest level in more than 20 years (abcnews.go.com)
The average long-term U.S. mortgage rate climbed this week to its highest level in more than 20 years, grim news for would-be homebuyers already challenged by a housing market that remains competitive due to a dearth of homes for sale.
TweetDeck is officially becoming a paid service (www.theverge.com)
Burger King says tomatoes on 'vacation' as India battles food inflation (www.reuters.com)
North Korea enforces an anti-shorts law - but it's only affecting women (www.euronews.com)
cross-posted from: lemmy.zip/post/1517933...
US publisher of pro-fascist books revealed as military veteran | South Dakota (www.theguardian.com)
The Guardian has identified a trainee nurse and reported US air force reservist called Bailey Ross as the proprietor of a white nationalist publisher in South Dakota....
China suspends youth jobless data after record high readings (www.reuters.com)
Minister: Germany plans $5.5 billion in annual military aid for Ukraine until 2027 (news.yahoo.com)
New Covid vaccines are on the way as 'Eris' variant rises (www.reuters.com)
Some public health experts hope that Americans will welcome the new shot as they would a flu jab. But demand for the vaccine has dropped sharply since 2021 when it first became available and more than 240 million people in the U.S., or 73% of the population, received at least one shot....
Fan Ports PlayStation Classic [WipeOut], Dares Sony To Shut Him Down And Make Its Own (kotaku.com)
WipeOut was Sony’s initial first-party exclusive for the original PlayStation when it launched back in 1995. The anti-gravity racing game was phenomenal. Now it’s abandoned. So one dedicated programmer took it upon himself to excavate the game’s leaked source code and make it playable for free in any web browser....
